Viewing "The Celebrated Paulson Case." (1916)

Shortly after Paulson, a Scandinavian immigrant, disappeared after a night of drinking "frontier whisky" at a log inn in Douglas County, the wife of the innkeeper located the body in a small lake and collected a reward of $500. One of Paulson's compatriots was tried for his murder but acquitted. Years later, the murderer confessed on his death bed, in Canada.

This story appeared in a joint history of Douglas and Grant Counties published in 1916. Although the date of "the celebrated Paulson case" is not given, it likely occurred in the late 1850s, after the county was established by the legislature on March 6, 1858.